@Grooter said in Italy v All Blacks:
@mikey07 if accurate I wonder why Robertson didn't allow Lio-Willie to play some actual Rugby for the XV
100% totally agree I think that’s been the problem on this tour too many of the guys brought into the ABs squad to hold tackle bags instead of playing.
@nostrildamus that’s all I could get out of my source I’m guessing Sititi 6 Cane 7 and Savea 8 which to me seems silly I’d put Savea at 6 and leave Sititi at 8.
I got oil on the loosie trio vs Italy Savea, Cane, Sititi and Lakai off the bench not that I agree with it
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2025:
Some updated information from Clubrugby.co.nz
Callum Harkin (OBU) has a training contract with the Hurricanes, while we have sought clarification on the status of others, in particular both James ‘O’Reilly (HOBM) and Hugo Plummer (Tawa). O’Reilly’s recent NPC season was hampered by a neck injury so he could be injured.
Plummer’s Tawa and Wellington Lions locking teammate Akira Ieremia is off to Japan for three years. It is understood that he was offered a training contract with the Chiefs but has opted for Japan, the land of his birth, for his immediate playing future.
For clarification, does training contract mean WTG?
Gutted losing Ieremia for 3 years.
The full story on Preston looks like we were too slow again
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360484844/why-wellington-roofer-kyle-preston-turned-down-hurricanes-crusaders
@foobaNZ Really hope so he’s better then Hohepa I mean was t he at 12 most of the season for counties.
@Canes4life BUT BUT there such game breakers..
Hohepa and Enari Really? Would of even taken the Canterbury 10 then him really guttered for Harkin.
@Steven-Harris That’s interesting maybe the appeal of likely getting more gametime appealed.
@foobaNZ 2/3 is still better then the 22 years we had to wait between titles.
At least we now know McClutchie won’t be at the Canes next year.
@george33 Was listening to the bye round podcast a few weeks ago and the CEO of the Panthers was on there he said that they quite often go around different sports in the off season to get ideas on what they could improve on.
@Canes4life Yeah 100% and also sticks around for more then a year
@African-Monkey Sorry should’ve been clearer for the Lions I mean
@mikedogz So a new head coach again…the merry go around continues.
@African-Monkey We had just a tad under 95,000 for the year we had the 5th highest average in the A league last year. Really intrigued to see how you go away from home….loving this banter by the way.
@African-Monkey Says the club full of bandwagon jumpers see how much of a crowd they get towards the end of the season be like the Knights and get 500 a game if lucky. The Nix average at least 6000 a game.
@Darren Crusaders pounced on him first..
@African-Monkey See how you go when you have to play away from home. COYN
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